February 25_AS
Thooli or the cloth cradle that you hand from a hook in the ceiling - Do you have any memories associated with it? Well I do. I have heard lot of stories from my mom on how I used to love sleeping in the thooli. Though I do not remember any of it, I do remember rocking my sister to sleep. Usually the mom's sari is used so that it gives the baby the same warmth and feeling as sleeping on mommy's lap. Thooli does sound warm and nice, but I never used it with my kids. There were no hooks to hang the thooli and I had read enough about the risk SIDS when using thooli. I had also heard how difficult it is to wean a child away from the thooli once the child gets used to sleeping in it.
Both my mom and MIL never insisted that we use thooli for my kids. But everytime, we found it difficult to put the baby to bed and paced the room up and down, trying different tactics to put our colic baby to bed we would hear about the magic of thooli and how it could put any wailing baby to sleep.
"Oru thooli katti athula potta jammunu thoongum. Intha kalathula than etho pudusu pudusa sollara"
The concept of making the child sleep in a thooli is a thing of past. But one cannot deny the fact that these modern day cradles can never give the cosy warm feeling that a thooli gives.
Lyrics
Today's song is not really a morning song. It is a soft lullaby that will rock you to sleep. But then this is a beautiful tamil song that I heard in the recent past and I wanted to share it with all of you.
Thooli or the cloth cradle that you hand from a hook in the ceiling - Do you have any memories associated with it? Well I do. I have heard lot of stories from my mom on how I used to love sleeping in the thooli. Though I do not remember any of it, I do remember rocking my sister to sleep. Usually the mom's sari is used so that it gives the baby the same warmth and feeling as sleeping on mommy's lap. Thooli does sound warm and nice, but I never used it with my kids. There were no hooks to hang the thooli and I had read enough about the risk SIDS when using thooli. I had also heard how difficult it is to wean a child away from the thooli once the child gets used to sleeping in it.
Both my mom and MIL never insisted that we use thooli for my kids. But everytime, we found it difficult to put the baby to bed and paced the room up and down, trying different tactics to put our colic baby to bed we would hear about the magic of thooli and how it could put any wailing baby to sleep.
"Oru thooli katti athula potta jammunu thoongum. Intha kalathula than etho pudusu pudusa sollara"
The concept of making the child sleep in a thooli is a thing of past. But one cannot deny the fact that these modern day cradles can never give the cosy warm feeling that a thooli gives.
This song is about a child that sleeps in a thooli hanging from a tree branch, listening to the rustling leaves. A gentle breeze rocks the cradle. This song is specially for all those who find it difficult to sleep. Just play this song and go to your dreamland. I wish this song was a bit longer!
Lyrics
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Punnai marathu kombai valaithoru
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu (2)
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Punnai marathu kombai valaithoru
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu (2)
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Salasalanu ilai asaindhu
Jaadai kattudhu (2)
adhil silu silu ena thendaral thavazhndhu
thottilai attudhu (2)
Jaadai kattudhu (2)
adhil silu silu ena thendaral thavazhndhu
thottilai attudhu (2)
Punnai marathu kombai valaithoru
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Enna ninaithu kalai udhaithu
Pappa sirikkuthu (2)
Adhan chinna chinna mani kannukkule
oru nadagam nadakkuthu (2)
Pappa sirikkuthu (2)
Adhan chinna chinna mani kannukkule
oru nadagam nadakkuthu (2)
Punnai marathu kombai valaithoru
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
Thottil thonguthu
Adhil poovinai pola meni padaitha
Kuzhandhai thoonguthu
Aariro Aararo Aariro Aararo (2)
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